Young Socialists Magazine 1916 Jan June.pdf

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It'on; :\nd th:\t in the e-ycs of Ihe Cl('rn:\1
God, the tiJ;:ure of a murdcrer is
not ch:angetl hecaust', in5teau oi :l wallow's
cap. Ihere is placed UI)on his
head an emperor's crown.
:\h1 lei us proclaim Rhsolutc truth!'l.
Lei us dishonor war. t\c.o; glorious
war does not el(ist. !'\o: it is 1'101
good. alld it is not Ilsdul. 10 makc
corp~e.. l'\o: it cannOI lit' Ihal life­
Ir::l\·:\iI5 for death. ~o; oh, Illolhe-rs
who ~ urround m~. it cannol he Ihat
war. Ihe rohb('r, should ~-tlntinlle tl)
takc frorn you your children. Xo: it
ca nnot bt' 'h~' wO lntn sho\\l(\ hear
children in v' .., that 1110.' 11 should he
born. that people 5hould plow anJ
sow, Ihal the fannCT shoull! fertilize
the fields, and the workmen enrich the
cily, Ihat ind uslry should produce
1l1:\r\"cl ~. that /{clliu. lihnuld produce
prodigies, thai Ihe \':aSI hum:U1 ac tivity
should. in prt~cnce of Ih(' starry
~ky, multiply cffort ~ and cr"::Ition •.
:111 10 result ;11 that frighlful intl'rn:\­
tiona I exposition which is call~d 3
field of battle!
PERSONAL HYGIENE
By Arnold Loral1d. M. n.
IU Ventilated Quarters
That living in the vitiated ::lir
oi a close room is deleteriotls to
health i:'l proved by a simple ob­
--en-ation of the faces of tho!'c
:'topping' for a long" time, or habitually
cioing so by r~ason of their
professions. in close localities.
They will prel'cnt a pale. gray.
l'id.:ly appearance. and it is a fal't
that they \'cry rapidly aC(luire all
sorts of infections: especially jg
tuberculosis vcry prevalent in
sudl cases. We observe precisely
the !lame thing in the case of
plants which, if kept in a close
room, especially wh~re little light
reaches them, soon lose their
color and are destroyed by para~
sites; and exactly the same hap.
li"ing and laboring in large nllt1l ~
hers ill small and dose quarteh,
waiterll and similar employees,
are those in whom fllh~h- 'tiTosis i~
musl frequently found. In r(,!lpel:t
to wurkmen, thi ... l11a\· be Illore
truly the case in Etlr~pe, whrre
thl:~ li\'r untll'r more miserable
cl.HltlHiOtt~ thal1 in .\merica.
WhNl' tht-i r positio n is possil)ly
the Illu~t em'iabl\,' o f all wage
carner ....
l 'l"sc air, ju:-:t as I1ltlt'h as
~tag'llatll wata, ptf)1ll0ltS the
g rowth (I f dal1gerolls miaobe:-..
ant! the ~'hancts o f infection :lre
gn'ath' t'Tlhanced where a nlllllbcr
of pe~plc are gathered tog-tther in
511(h places. :\ Iany of thrm Illay
be "utTering from inlel·tious di$case:.
of the respiratory o rgans:
they exhale. and also eject , by
coughing' nr !lnec7.in g, an ~normotH.
number of microbes, which
mingle with the air and multiply
at their leis ure in such close a1-
mospheres: and this i!l especially
so whell they are as!listed in their
growth by {he great heat prtvalelll
in such places, particularly
in wintcr time. Bacteriological
examimltions made of the air of
stich localities have shown an
enormollS lIumber of dange rou'\
microhe.... \\'e nee:d. therefore,
not be surpri sed when perions,
and tl'pecially children whose resistance
i ... diminished, often contract
tonsillitis , diphtheria, bronchitis,
or pneumonia, etc., after
having' passed ·an ('vening in sllch
a plare. the air heing hot. and
particl1larly if. at the same time,
the temperature outside was vcry
low,
Living in 3 dose room will
soon tell on the /:;,crieral health.
and thiii is easily visible in thc
appe:arance Ot slIch pers(Ml!.
Their paJe faces form.: a strik'ing
contral't to ih~ fresh rosy (:bt:ek~
pens in the case of man, Prisoners,
of those w ho habittla11~ lin in
unfortunate work-people, the frel'h
air,